Tipp Topple Cork In All-ireland Hurling Final

Tipperary produced a stunning 2nd half capacity to declare a 29th All-Ireland hurling title and first since 2019 pinch a 3-27 to 1-18 triumph complete Cork astatine Croke Park connected Sunday.

Cork had held nan precocious manus erstwhile nan sides met successful nan convention last and Munster championship, but this was Tipperary's time arsenic they produced nan equipment successful nan first gathering betwixt nan counties successful an All-Ireland last pinch a 21-point turnaround successful nan 2nd period.

Darragh McCarthy was nan prima of nan show pinch a flawless capacity successful which he vanished pinch 1-13. His extremity came from a 2nd half punishment arsenic Cork mislaid Eoin Downey to a 2nd yellowish paper for a foul connected John McGrath which led to nan award.

McGrath grabbed 2 goals of his ain arsenic Liam Cahill's men wholly took over, pinch Cork scoring conscionable 2 points successful nan 2nd play arsenic their hopes of a first title since 2005 disintegrated aft they had taken a six-point lead into nan break.

It was a nip and tuck commencement to nan crippled pinch Cork going up and Tipperary replying. They were level connected 3 occasions successful nan opening 10 minutes pinch some teams throwing themselves into challenges.

Tipperary were carving retired efforts, but nan wides were mounting for Liam Cahill's men arsenic Cork were that spot cleaner pinch their shooting.

Diarmuid Healy, Shane Barrett and Patrick Horgan each sewage into their groove early pinch Darragh Fitzgibbon besides chipping in, while McCarthy was dormant eyed for Tipperary pinch six points successful nan opening period.

Jake Morris recovered his scope doubly pinch Robert Doyle and Craig Morgan besides landing, but arsenic nan half progressed, Cork began to unfastened a small spot of a spread pinch each of their six forwards connected nan committee by half-time.

Defensively, Tipperary were giving small leeway to Cork's overmuch vaunted full-forward line, while their nonstop moving and gait was causing problems astatine nan different end, but full-back Eoghan Connolly blazed a awesome extremity chance wide, while precocious successful nan first half, McGrath thought he'd recovered nan nett only for his effort to beryllium ruled retired for a quadrate shot arsenic he sewage a touch to Connolly's agelong delivery.

The spread was 3 successful nan last seconds of nan first half erstwhile Cork, who had been incapable to afloat unfastened Tipperary up, did conscionable that and it was Barrett racing successful from nan near helping to ace past Rhys Shelly, giving Pat Ryan's broadside a 1-6 to 0-13 lead astatine nan half.

It would return small clip for Tipperary to move things their measurement successful nan 2nd play arsenic Conor Stakelum group them connected their measurement and back-to-back points from Andrew Ormond near conscionable that Barrett extremity betwixt them.

After McCarthy landed different 2 to trim that separator to one, past came their first large haymaker arsenic Cork goalkeeper Patrick Collins opted to bat down a dropping Jake Morris changeable and McGrath was location to stitchery and find nan net.

Although Barrett would reply pinch a Cork point, it would beryllium their past for different 19 minutes arsenic it began to spell majorly incorrect arsenic they were now struggling pinch their shooting arsenic shots fell disconnected target aliases came disconnected nan uprights.

Tipperary were still not flawless successful this section pinch 15 wides successful total, but they had now taken afloat power pinch Cork players struggling to get thing going pinch their touch letting them down.

The spread was still conscionable six pinch 55 minutes played but past came a immense infinitesimal arsenic McGrath sewage extremity broadside of Downey to stitchery a dropping shot and nan Cork full-back hauled down nan Tipperary attacker to concede a punishment and prime up his 2nd be aware of nan game.

McCarthy drilled nan grant past Collins and if location was immoderate uncertainty arsenic to nan destination of nan silverware, it was ended 5 minutes later arsenic McGrath publication nan formation of a Ronan Maher transportation to hit Collins to nan touch and flick home.

That was that arsenic Cork's frustrations grew pinch Seamus Harnedy - who did get extremity their 2nd and past people of nan 2nd half - seeing a changeable astatine extremity clang disconnected nan crossbar, while Conor Lehane had an wounded clip punishment saved by Shelly.

The Tipperary goalkeeper would besides get connected nan board, arsenic would substitute Noel McGrath to headdress a glorious time for Tipperary who are champions erstwhile again.

Cork: P Collins; N O'Leary (0-1), E Downey, S O'Donoghue; C Joyce, R Downey, M Coleman; T O'Mahony, D Fitzgibbon (0-2); D Healy (0-3), S Barrett (1-4), D Dalton (0-1f); P Horgan (0-4, 3f), A Connolly (0-1), B Hayes (0-1).

Subs: S Harnedy (0-1) for D Dalton (44), D Cahalane for D Healy (56), C Lehane for P Horgan (58), S Kingston for A Connolly (64), T O'Connell for T O'Mahony (67).

Tipperary: R Shelly (0-1); R Doyle (0-1), E Connolly (0-1), M Breen; C Morgan, R Maher, B O'Mara; W Connors (0-1), C Stakelum (0-1); J Morris (0-1), A Ormond (0-1), S O'Farrell; D McCarthy (1-13, 1-0 pen, 0-9f), J McGrath (2-2), J Forde (0-2).

Subs: S Kennedy for B O'Mara (50), A Tynan for C Morgan (56), N McGrath for S O'Farrell (60), O O'Donoghue for A Ormond (66), D Stakelum for C Stakelum (66).

Referee: L Gordon (Galway)